Ars Technica: Announced today, Materia 101 will be demonstrated at the Maker Faire in Rome this weekend. An on-sale date has not been revealed.
"The printer will be available only on the Arduino Store both as a kit and pre-assembled," the announcement said. "Official pricing of the device will be disclosed at a later date but the kit will sell for less than 600 EUR/800 USD
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I was wondering how much longer it would be till Arduino hopped on the 3D printer train. It seems completely logical for them to make this step. Arduino and 3D printing really go hand in hand. They complement each other perfectly for the 3D printing purpose since it's open source and anyone can go into the files and change how the printer works, possibly adding more print heads for different filaments or colors. But Arduino also works with 3D printers in that it is great for creating automated objects. More often than not people will use an arduino at the same time they use a 3D printer.
It’s really nice to see 3D printers become more available to the general population, particularly as it is being sold through Arduino, which is already well known by hobbyists. The greater availability of 3D printers will necessitate a change in how we manufacture and sell items. Perhaps in the future, we will sell products the way we sell knitting patterns, where the buyer gains the rights to produce the pattern using their own materials. It also brings up quests of copyright, as we must question how close to a product someone can design with a 3D printer without it being a violation of copyright.
I really love Arduino because they really understand the whole principle of sharing knowledge. The open source policy they have allows hobbyists and consumers to create whatever they can think of on a fairly restricted budget. I am really excited to see that they are on board with making 3D printers, as it will not only help increase the availability of a really cool tool, but it will help people understand how to make one, and perhaps how to improve the design of a 3D printer. This can be applied to any field of engineering as well, so good job Arduino.
I could see this coming but I was not expecting to see a 3D printer for this price point this fast in my life time. And I can see all the positives coming from people having a personal 3D printer in their homes. Not to mention the forced intellectual growth in understanding how to think about things in a 3 dimensional space and how to make objects structurally sound for their size, but I see the negative side as well. I remember when the thought of 3D printer becoming commercially available the strong point against it came from the gun enthusiasts. I have seen many videos and have read enough articles to know that it is very easily and very possible to print you own gun. It's a series of a lot of small intricate parts, but as a human race we have shown that if their exists a desire it is the driving force to get just about anything imaginable accomplished.
This is great for the maker community, but like all the 3D printer articles posted here, I’ m not sure I understand where 3D printing fits into the entertainment industry. Especially not a model like this one.
That being said, absolutely I’m going to build one as soon as they release the open source documentation. Unlike other online tutorials for 3D printers, I’m hoping that the Arduino documentation is complete and thoroughly tested.
Okay so I just had an interesting idea. How does 3D printing fit in as part of the action on stage? I don’t know. Does it? If it was a little faster maybe it would. Soon enough we’ll all be shouting our tea orders at replicators, so maybe 3d printers embedded in the set isn’t such a farfetched thing.
I am both excited to see this new 3D printer in action as well as to see Arduino add a new piece of hardware to its line up. The Italian company has been really good about listening to its user base and developing products that do what they want. Users building wearables, release a flexible microcontroller, Users building robots, a robotics platform, and now 3D printing. Im hoping that the printer is of reasonable quality, because for that price it will be one of the most affordable on the market, and might allow me to build one.
Finally a personal 3d printer. I can think of many uses right off the bat that i could or could have used this for. whats also amazing is the price, i never imagined i would be able to buy a 3d printer for less than a $1000, I remember my high school getting one and the uproar it caused because of the cost. many of my friends and I used the printer to print parts for models are projects because we already had stuff in 3d on the computer. As for the common joe i don't know how successful this will be. The uses of a 3d printer are great and it would be awesome to print a part you need or something or want but i cant imagine an average housewife at home printing stuff off her 3d printer. who knows, may people believed that cell phones wouldn't be used by everyone but that was wrong
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